The Potter Collection- Harry Potter One Shots

Only Remus *Remus Lupin*

Only Remus

     "Is this what you wanted for me, mum? Is this what you thought I was? I hope you're happy with what you have created. I'm a monster now. It's all because of you. I blame you and only you for this. I will never forgive you for doing this. I promise I won't."

    

     I cried into my arms, begging silently for someone to help me. "Please," I whispered as my flesh churned, "Please help me. Someone save me. Please..."

     My bones snapped, my body lurching forwards. I screamed into the empty air, hoping for someone to save me. "Help," I shrieked. 

     My arms were growing fur, my bones were still snapping. I heard my clothes ripping as I grew. "Why," I shouted to the stars, "Why would you do this to me?! How could you!" 

     I screamed until I was fully transformed. My screams weren't even screams anymore. They were howls. My tears still streamed down my hairy face, my werewolf version slowly taking control until I couldn't think anymore. Until I had become a monster.

    "Help me," I whispered pathetically. Why was I so weak? 

     "Help me." My arms were scratched and my face was bruised. Did I kill someone? Maybe. I don't know. How could I know? I wasn't in control. 

     "Help me," I shrieked. The bushes beside me moved. Was I finally being rescued after all this time?

     "Please help me." I was tired of the continuous cycle. Go to work, sleep, get up, repeat, get sick once a month, turn into a werewolf, heal myself, repeat. What was the point? I can't take it any longer. I can't take this. 

     "Hello," someone asked. I coughed.   

     "Hey," I said, "Can I borrow your robe?" 

     "Yes." They threw their robe over the bushes. I wrapped it around myself. 

     "Help me." Another tear slipped out. How could I escape this continuous loop? How could I get away?

     "Okay." They stepped out. 

     "Hey, Remus," I whispered, "What's going on?" 

     "I heard you screaming."

     "Help me," I said. 

     "What's wrong?" 

     "Everything." I couldn't move. The darkness was suffocating me. 

     "Are you hurt? Do you need medical attention?" 

     "Help me."

     "What are you doing on Hogwarts grounds? You shouldn't be here. You don't go to school here anymore." 

     "Help me." 

     "Listen to me, Melody." 

     "Help me." 

     "Mel-" 

     "HELP ME," I screamed, "Help me, Remus! Can you not understand?!" 

     "I'm helping you," he whispered, "I'm helping." My body relaxed. 

     "I'm a monster." 

     "So am I." 

     "You don't understand. I mean it literally. You know what I am, don't you?"

     "I understand. I know what you are, Melody. Did you know that I am the same thing?" 

     "Are you really," I whispered as he pulled me up.